The temperature on July 19, 1907 was between 10.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage September 6, 1927
The temperature on September 6, 1927 was between 16.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
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